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Meaning of Hippo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhɪpəʊ

Definitions

  1. Clipping of hippopotamus.
  2. Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion.
  3. An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
    South-Africa, historical, slang
  4. An overweight or obese person.
  5. Hippopotamus Defence.

Equivalents

العربية فرس النهر
Čeština hroší
Français hippo
한국어 물뚱뚱이
Polski hipcio hipek

Examples

“There was an old hippo that had the bad habit of getting out on the bank and roaming at night over the station grounds.”
“"I've seen them buryin' a chief up the Aruwimi River, and they ate a hippo that must have weighed as much as a tribe."”
“The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal.”
“A group of hippos is called a bloat.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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